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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG, OF SHEFFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONINrG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,876, dated December 19, 1893.

Application iiled March 6,1893- Serial No. 464,765- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sheffield, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and its object is to provide a novel device of this character which will be simple and economical in construction; which can be securely clamped and adjusted to a table, sewing machine or other object, and which will be very eflicientin use forall kinds of work for which the ordinary ironing boards are adapted.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an ironing board constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same clamped to the edge of a table vand ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, looking from the under side with the lever which also serves as a supporting leg folded up.

In the said drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates an ordinary ironing board, provided on its under side, near one end with a transverse strip 2, to which is secured by means of spring metal bolts 2fb a clamping bar 3. It will be seen that one end of this bar projects beyond the strip to near the end of the board, while the other end extends to or about the centerthereot'. This end of the bar is slotted as seen at/t forming two short arms 5, to which is fastened near its inner end a lever 6. Pivoted in this slotted end of the bar 3, is a swinging block 7, which, when the leg 6 is in a perpendicular position rests against the same and serves to hold the leg in place, as seen in Fig. 1. When the leg is folded the block 7 is thrown back on its pivot, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to be out of vthe way. At the inner end the board is provided with a pivoted wedge-shaped. button 8, which is adapted to be turned in between the end of the clamping bar and the boardwhen the leg is folded, thus holding said bar in place.

The operation will be readily understood: When the lever is folded up, as in Fig. 2, and the button 8 is swung outward, the device is ready to be applied to a table,`which is done by engaging the edge ot' the latter between the end' of the board and the outer end of the clamping bar. The lever 6 is then pulled down into a vertical position and its short arm engaging with the under side of the board will cause the inner end of the clamping bar to be pressed downwardly and its other end to securely clamp the table, the spring bolts 2a allowing ot this movement and also serving to retain theleverin place when folded up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In an ironing board, the combination with the board 1, and the strip 2, secured thereto, near one end, of the slotted clamping bar 3, secured to said strip by spring bolts, the wedge shaped button 8 pivoted to said board, the leg 6 pivoted to bar 3, and the pivoted swinging block 7, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

JOHN CAMERON, WM. TRENOUTH. 

